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Broward sheriff's deputies were searching Wednesday night in Lauderdale Lakes for two people involved in a shooting that left one man injured, officials said. The incident happened in the 3600 block of Northwest 32nd Terrace shortly before 9 p.m. Deputies did not release a description of the shooters. The injured man was taken to Broward General Medical Center with a gunshot wound to the leg, which does not appear to be life-threatening, officials said.

A man who authorities say pistol-whipped four bank employees in the head, and who then suffered a leg wound in a police shootout, was made to face a judge just 26 hours after the heist. Eddie Bean, 24, was brought into federal court Wednesday - he appeared to be limping - to face charges of bank robbery with assault and discharge of a firearm. Bean, shackled and wearing a dark-blue prison jumpsuit, then was ordered by a magistrate judge to be held in custody until his next appearance Oct. 3. LISTEN TO 911 CALL: Woman describes the moment a bank robbery suspect was shot by police The robbery happened about noon Tuesday at the Palm Springs TD Bank at 2685 Forest Hill Blvd., and a criminal complaint filed by the FBI provides a more detailed account of what happened.

FANNING SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — Wildlife officials say a sturgeon fish jumped into a boat and seriously injured a 25-year-old woman. The incident happened Sunday on the Suwannee River. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers say Tina Fletcher was a passenger in an airboat when the sturgeon jumped and hit her leg. Fletcher's leg was broken. According to FWC records, this is the fifth report this year of a human injured by a jumping sturgeon. ——— Information from: The Gainesville Sun, http://www.gainesvillesun.com

A man in his 40s lost a leg when he was struck by a vehicle in Deerfield Beach, according to Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue. It happened along Federal Highway just north of Southeast 10th Street on Monday night, spokesman Mike Jachles said. "[It was] an adult male trauma alert," he said. "[He] apparently sustained a leg amputation. " The pedestrian was taken to Broward Health North Medical Center, Jachles said. The driver remained at the scene of the crash, officials said.

A deputy shot an inmate who was trying to escape from hospital custody Sunday afternoon, a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office release said. The deputy shot the inmate in the leg, the release said. The inmate's injuries were not considered life-threatening. The inmate, who was in police custody at Wellington Regional Medical Center, tried to escape from the hospital just before 1 p.m., the release said. A deputy fired at the inmate, preventing the escape. Detectives are investigating the incident.

Heat forward Udonis Haslem left Tuesday's game against the Portland Trail Blazers in the first quarter. After the game, coach Erik Spoelstra said there was no update on Haslem's status. The injury occured when he was kicked in the chin. The team termed the injury as a lower right leg contusion. Haslem scored three points in nine minutes. "We got X-Rays, they're negative," Haslem said. "We'll just see how he feels. He's a tough guy. " srichardson@tribune.com

Detectives are looking for Dorrell Maxwell Webb after they say he got into a violent argument with a woman about relationship issues, according to a news release from the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The woman tried to leave the scene in her car when Webb allegedly grabbed the keys out of the ignition, causing the key to break off in the ignition. When the woman tried to call for help, Webb reportedly grabbed her cell phone and shattered it against the driveway. Webb then grabbed the woman's dog and threatened to break the dog's neck before throwing the poor pooch down against the driveway, fracturing the dog's leg in two areas, the release stated.

For years, the office workers at Goodwill headquarters have fixed feral cats then fed them in the parking lot. Five or six of them come around for meals each day. When a gray and white tabby named Joe Dirt showed up, they knew he was a domestic stray. Joe Joe likes to cuddle. Maybe that's what got him shot. Maybe he tried to cuddle with the wrong crowd. Tuesday around noon, Joe Dirt is having his left hind leg amputated. Afterward, the Goodwill staffers want to give him a life far away from pellet guns, where the nights are warm and the meals come easy.

BOYNTON BEACH -- Police have identified an artificial leg found two weeks ago in the 3500 block of Congress Avenue as that of a limb thrown out in December by the family of a deceased Delray Beach woman. Lt. John Hollihan said he learned that the dead woman`s family threw the leg away -- still fitted with a white size 10 crepe-soled shoe and a stocking -- when they went through her belongings. "How it is it got into the 3500 block of Congress Avenue is anybody`s guess," Hollihan said.

A 14-year-old boy apparently shot his younger sister in the leg by accident at their Pompano Beach home Wednesday night, according to the Broward Sheriff's Office. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue took the girl, 10, to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale. The injury did not appear to be life-threatening, officials said. The incident happened in the 400 block of Northwest Seventh Terrace shortly after 9:30 p.m. The Sheriff's Office is investigating.

A North Lauderdale man accidentally shot himself in the thigh, then shot himself in the proverbial foot when he was seen holding a bag of stolen guns on his own home surveillance video, Broward Sheriff's deputies say. Not only is Jeffery Shaw a convicted felon forbidden from possessing a gun, but, Detective Eric Rodriguez said, Shaw had disposed of four guns after shooting himself. Detectives say someone called 911 and reported that Shaw, 34, had been shot just before 1 a.m. Tuesday and was being driven to a hospital, where they caught up with him. "When we got there this guy is claiming somebody shot him while he was sitting outside in the yard smoking a cigarette," Rodriguez said.

He may lack legs, but Brian Douglas is fleet of foot. And now he'll be sprinting at an even faster pace. The 10-year-old Lauderhill youth proved his mettle earlier this year by running a 5K charity race on rubber braces he calls "stubbies. " His inspiring feat drew the attention of a Tennessee-based nonprofit organization, which donated to Brian a spiffy new pair of blade-style running prosthetics. There's a catch, though: Brian must run even more, at least three 5K races a year.

MIAMI The passed ball and subsequent errant throw in the second inning didn't help. Neither did the bases-loaded walk to pitcher Tim Hudson in the fourth. Yet the biggest impediment to the Marlins snapping a five-game losing streak Saturday came in the third. That's when starter Henderson Alvarez's evening ended after taking a Joe Panik comebacker off the left shin. Alvarez recovered in time to retire Panik, but the Marlins were done. The Giants went on to a series-clinching 5-3 win at Marlins Park.

It was a development few outside of San Antonio's locker room expected. When the Spurs came to Miami for Games 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals, they thoroughly dominated the two-time defending champion Heat, picking up first a 19-point win then a 21-point victory to take a 3-1 stranglehold in the best-of-seven series. They seemingly looked a step faster than the Heat, who are making a fourth consecutive NBA Finals appearance and have played more games in recent years than any other team in the league.

When her turn came to jump into the Intracoastal Waterway and climb onto an inner tube, Jessica Vaughn admits she was frightened. "I couldn't see the bottom," the 22-year-old Sunrise resident said Monday. "And I don't like murky water. " Minutes later, as she backstroked toward the tube, Vaughn's fears proved to be justified when a shark sank its teeth into her right leg below the knee. "It was like a punch in the leg," Vaughn said, seated in a wheelchair and clutching a stuffed dolphin, at a news conference at Broward Health Medical Center, a day after the incident.

A man is recovering from a gunshot wound to the leg, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office. The shooting was reported just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies said the man claimed to have been shot in the area of Lake Worth Road and South Military Trail. The injury was minor, according to the Sheriff's Office. Palm Beach County Fire Rescue rushed the victim to JFK Memorial Hospital for treatment.

MIAMI BEACH - A man is recovering after a shark attack behind a South Beach hotel. The attack happened on Saturday afternoon, as a man was swimming behind the W Hotel at 22 nd and Collins, according to Miami Beach Fire Chief Javier Otero. Read the story at CBSMiami.com

Q : I have restless legs syndrome. Can diet help? A : We don't know what causes restless legs syndrome, but we do know that it causes unpleasant or painful sensations in the legs. This could include tingling, pulling, or crawling, along with an urge to move the legs. A number of medications can help. However, treatment recommendations do not usually include changes in diet. Therefore, many doctors would answer "no" to your question. However, there are some associations that might be considered.

Henderson Alvarez will not make his first scheduled spring start this weekend due to an infection in his right shin. He was in camp briefly Wednesday morning before limping away with his wife and baby daughter. "He went to the hospital and had to get it drained," manager Mike Redmond said. "We expected him to be fine in a couple of days. " Redmond was unsure how the infection started. Alvarez threw live batting practice Saturday and sat out Sunday's practice due to flu-like symptoms, likely the result of the burgeoning infection.